Edward H Harvitt Family Foundation
Florham Park, NJ · EIN 22-2755485. Reported 127 grants totalling $564,652 to 66 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Edward H Harvitt Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Edward H Harvitt Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $131,400 to them. That is 48% of the $272,060 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj | federated giving programme | New Jersey | $126,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Robin Hood Foundation | federated giving programme | New York | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater | community foundation | New Jersey | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,800. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $72,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest | Whippany, NJ | $248,172 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey | Elizabeth, NJ | $81,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj | Whippany, NJ | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family Service Agency of Central New Jersey | Elizabeth, NJ | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Geerz for Life Inc | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $12,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Int'l | Denver, CO | $11,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Jaffa Institute | Flushing, NY | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled | West Orange, NJ | $10,800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friendship Circle | Livingston, NJ | $9,580 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Temple Har Shalom | Warren, NJ | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jcc of Central New Jersey Inc | Scotch Plains, NJ | $8,850 | 6 | 6 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rutgers University - Hillel International | New Brunswick, NJ | $8,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Jewish World Service | New York, NY | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc | New York, NY | $4,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Education Foundation | Piedmont, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho | Boise, ID | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friendship Circle New Jersey Inc | Livingston, NJ | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Holocaust Resource Foundation | Short Hills, NJ | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy | Livingston, NJ | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Robin Hood Foundation | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foodbank of New Jersey | Hillside, NJ | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Society for Yad Vashem | New York, NY | $3,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces | New York, NY | $2,660 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Institute for Freedom | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Dallas, TX | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Service | Waltham, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lexi Faye Everyone Matters Foundation | Newton, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Golda Och Academy | West Orange, NJ | $1,925 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest Nj | Whippany, NJ | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rutgers Hillel Corporation | New Brunswick, NJ | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Denver Holocaust Awareness | Denver, CO | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern Central and Southern New Jersey Inc | Morristown, NJ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Geer Village Housing & Development Company | Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guthrie Center Corp | Great Barrington, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newark School of the Arts Inc | Newark, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts | Hatfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Israel of Springfield | Springfield, NJ | $720 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Barbells for Boobs | Santa Ana, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Charity Water | Hagerstown, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphoia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Curry College | Milton, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Innovation Africa | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lysosomal & Rare Disorders Research | Fairfax, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohel Children's Home and Family Services | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Partnership With Native Americans | Addison, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Patriots' Path Council Boy Scouts of America | Cedar Knolls, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stephen Stiler Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael | Springfield, NJ | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs | New York, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Access to the Arts Inc | Barrington, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Killingworth Ambulance Assoc Inc | Killingworth, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holy Spirit Athletic Association | Maryland Heights, MO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
26 of 66 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 6 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 58%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 59 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | $89,482 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 26 | $98,930 | $1,800 |
| 2022 | 21 | $105,860 | $1,600 |
| 2023 | 18 | $125,800 | $1,962 |
| 2024 | 20 | $80,700 | $1,800 |
| 2025 | 16 | $63,880 | $1,800 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
77% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Edward H Harvitt Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Wiss 100 Campus Drive 400, Florham Park, NJ, 07932. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 22-2755485 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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